US Patent Issued to CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES on July 7 for "Sliding bearing unit and rotating anode X-ray tube" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,277, issued on July 7, was assigned to CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES Co. LTD. (Otawara-shi, Japan).

"Sliding bearing unit and rotating anode X-ray tube" was invented by Hideki Ide (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a sliding bearing unit includes a stationary shaft, a rotating body, and a lubricant. A second distance is equal to or longer than a first distance. A second gap is formed between a first inner peripheral surface and a second outer peripheral surface. A first opening opens in a bottom surface of a capture concave surface. A second opening opens in the second outer peripheral surface...